The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.

The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.

High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

Executions were once held near this beautiful 18th-century fountain.

Noirish green neon marks the location of one of the oldest private detective agencies in France.

Shop at the 200-year-old store where Julia Child stocked up on copper cookware.

The spiral staircase hidden inside this giant Parisian column was likely built for Catherine de Medici's astrologer.

Offal and flawless onion soup are on the menu at this restaurant that once catered to the workers of Les Halles.

Order a boozy baba au rhum at the oldest patisserie in Paris.

A grotto-like lodge decorated with gilded mosaics, rocks and a noisy waterfall was the setting for the most sumptuous pleasure house of 1900s Europe.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

One of Jeff Koons’s largest sculptures and his first commemorative work.

The Sun King's military models, saved from the Louvre.

Twelve grave-faced marble angels guard the emperor's tomb at Les Invalides.

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

The remaining relics of the patroness of Paris lie in a chapel under a striking double spiral staircase.

The remains of the medieval wall that once surrounded Paris with ties to the construction of the Louvre.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.

This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.

The narrowest street in Paris.

The site where two doves fell in love.

The approximate spot where the last Grand Master of the Knights Templar was put to death.